Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins GameThread, May 20, 2008 8:10 PM EDT

Game 45: Rangers @ Twins

by Jesse on May 20, 2008 7:00 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 7 comments

Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Glen Perkins	0-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	14	5	5	3	2	9	3.75	1.33

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Doug Mathis	1-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.00	.33

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Doug Mathis: "That's not gone well"

It’s his first major league start, but will be a night to forget for him.

7-0 right now in the bottom of the third, with the bases loaded and one out.

by Jon Marthaler on May 20, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

one to forget

that is for sure…a 9-0 lead here for Perkins! He can just cruise now! Why cant the Twins do this every night?

by 33MorneauMVP on May 20, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now

all the Twins do is play for themselves and pick up some stats…unless TX should mount a rally…doubt it

by 33MorneauMVP on May 20, 2008 9:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

baseball

is a very funny game. Sometimes we cannot guy hits, now they come in bunches. If only we could face Mathis more often…

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by Andersklasen on May 20, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Span breaks his finger

Star-Tribune is reporting Denard is out for a month after breaking his finger getting hit by a pitch on a bunt attempt.

That’s what you call a tough break for a kid who has defied the skeptics and improved more than anyone in the Twins organization this year.

by Old Twins Cap on May 20, 2008 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Too bad

Too bad, his exciting improvements in walk rate and strikeouts had me very interested on what he could provide the team as a backup or as a trade option.

It’s a long season, fortunately.

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by AdamOnFirst on May 21, 2008 4:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glen perkins

Glen Perkins is officially making me question what I thought about him. I’d had him pegged as “decent but worse than a lot of our really good young arms” kind of like Phil Humber. I thought with his only somewhat above average strikeout ability, high walk rate, and hihg fly ball rate he’d be a 3-run home run machine.

I’s only a few starts, but he’s pitced very well so far.

honestly though, I’ve never looked closely into the numbers with him, and that remains true for now. I have no idea wht kind of BABIP he’s seeing right now, nor do I have any idea what such things as his FB% or HR/FB % look like at the moment.

Edit * – Just took a little look at Perkins. All his numbers look fine, with near league average in HR/FB, LD%, BABIP, etc. All sustainable.

The one EXTREMELY ugly harbinger of doom? The 93.2% LOB % he’s sitting on right now. I’m not saying he’s going to start sucking, but he simply is stranding way more runners right now than is remotely sustainable. A lot more of his hits are gonna tart coming around to score…

I’ll try and take a look if he sticks around a bit longer.

by AdamOnFirst on May 21, 2008 4:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs